November 2010
1 post
Church leader urges Iraqi Christians to quit... →
October 2010
7 posts
UNHCR poll indicates Iraqi refugees regret... →
IRAP helps Iraqi refugees navigate the maze of... →
“Speaking to the Jewish Council of Greater Portland, Dudley announced that he...”
– Dudley Says He “Was a Minority”; Black Lawmaker Disagrees | Willamette Week | Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
as gabe delahaye would say “that’s your boyfriend.” (via notjenny)
A Cup of Coffee and a Soft Chair →
“I was reentering a world where comfort was sometimes heavy, leaving us sluggish in our efforts to remember and love people who sit far from us.”
September 2010
10 posts
“We don’t set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people...”
– Pema Chödrön
Iraq's Ignored Victims →
What We Owe Iraqis →
Global Peace Index Map →
A ground-breaking milestone in the study of peace. For the first time, an Index has been created that ranks the nations of the world by their peacefulness and identifies some of the drivers of that peace.
And Iraq is the most unpeaceful place in the world right now. Fuck.
“The problem with this war, I think, for many Americans, is that the premise on...”
– Robert Gates
I am unnaturally obsessed with Just War Theory, especially as it relates to the 2003 Iraq War. Needless to say, this quote made my night.
Refugees International Statement: President Obama... →
August 2010
13 posts
Afghan Girls Poisoned for Going to School →
Judge Rules Proposition 8 Unconstitutional →
“This is what history sounds like.”
Iraq violence 'worst in two years' →
July 2010
12 posts
1 Soldier or 20 Schools? →
Nicholas Kristof doing what he does best: advocating for the promotion of peace through methods that do not rely on the military.
While I agree whole-heartdly with his message to spend more time/resources on building peaceful societies through cooperation and education, I mostly like this article because he name drops Oman. He says education is one reason why NOT A GODDAMN THING happens in Oman,...
Iraq Hearing: Living up to our Humanitarian... →
Watchdune bashing!!!! in oman!!!
Not Here by Rumi There’s courage involved if you want to become truth There is a broken-open place in a lover Where are those qualities of bravery and sharp compassion? What’s the use of old and frozen thought? I want a howling hurt This is not a treasury where gold is stored; this is for copper. We alchemists look for talent that can heat up and change. Lukewarm won’t do....
Save Mohammed →
Mohammed is a 14-year-old Iraqi refugee living in Jordan. His family was forced to flee Iraq because of sectarian violence: his father is Sunni and his mother is Shi’a. Mohammed has a congenital deformity in his spine that has made him severely hunched over and confined to a wheelchair. He urgently needs an operation to correct the curvature of his spine. Doctors have said this operation must be...
UK judges: gay refugees must get asylum →
harharhar:
“Stonewall, the lesbian, gay and bisexual charity, said there were 80 UN member countries where consensual homosexual sex was still illegal, including six that imposed the death penalty. Uganda is deciding whether or not to become the seventh.”
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via heykmei) (via wildhorsescouldntdragmeaway) (via goosebumpsfitsandmalaria)
The universality of war propaganda →
June 2010
19 posts
Refugees March For Rights in Lebanon →
nizwa, oman.
the most covered i will ever be, ever, so relish in it!
World Refugee Day →
“There is no humanitarian answer to a lot of the refugee problems. It’s a question of better governance, more accountable governance, of political and diplomatic efforts, of reconciliation and peace, of the growth of democracies and economies. But that doesn’t in any way undermine the importance of meeting the day-to-day needs of those who have been displaced by conflict, by terrorism,...
Judith Butler: As a Jew, I was taught it was... →
so far in muscat i have been to class for three days; done copious amounts of homework; drank several mango smoothies; eaten lebanese, indian and pakistani food; successfully covered my body in 100 degree weather with 90% humidity; smoked shisha twice; watched three world cup games; burned my ass on a hot coal; and have become better at texting in arabic.
Lebanon MPs debate refugee rights →